Politics

…𝑷𝑫𝑷 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 100 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 30 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔; 𝑩𝑻𝑷 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 Krishna Kumar SanyasiThe People’s Democratic Party has emerged as the dominant force in the recent National Assembly Elections 2023-2024 general round, securing victories in 30 constituencies and showcasing vibrant democratic enthusiasm. Meanwhile, the Bhutan Tendrel Party, positioned to assume …

…𝑷𝑫𝑷 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝑻𝑷 𝑼𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒊𝒍 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒊𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒍, 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑬𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆-𝑬𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏 Editorial Team In a recent public debate held on December 28, candidates from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Bhutan Tendrel Party (BTP), both contesting from the Nanong_Shumar constituency in Pemagatshel, expressed their intentions to explore the feasibility …

…𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒗𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒕 63%, 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 66.36% 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 2018 Phurpa Wangmo In a noteworthy development for Bhutan’s democratic landscape, a surge in conscientious civic participation is evident as an increasing number of Bhutanese citizens actively engage in the electoral process. Despite this positive trend, the primary round …

…𝑨𝒔 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒗𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒑𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚’𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉 Susmika SubbaIn accordance with Section 442 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008, the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has officially announced the outcomes of the Primary Round (PR) for …

In the conclusive Vice Presidential debate convened on November 23, strategically positioned just ahead of the imminent primary round of National Assembly elections slated for November 30, key issues spanning the realms of economy, health, education, youth unemployment, technology, and agriculture took center stage. Representatives from all five political parties articulated a shared commitment to progress and fulfillment, emphasizing that …

… 10 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 Sonam Deki On April 20, 2023, the Fourth National Council elections of Bhutan took place, and it marked an unprecedented level of voter participation with the highest turnout in the country’s history. Out of the 485,811 registered voters, a significant number of 254,982 individuals exercised their right to vote, resulting …

Phurpa WangmoBhutan voted for a lone woman to represent in the fourth National Council from 20 seats. In a historic win, Tshering Tshomo has emerged as the only female candidate to win the seat to the National Council 2023 from Zhemgang, the remaining 19 seats were all male elects. Among the five candidates who contested in Zhemgang, Tshering Tshomo secured …

….𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 2023-𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 Choeying Dekar Bhutan Tendrel Party (BTP) after formally submitting its charter, name and symbol, membership list and other documents required by the law and being approved by the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) on January 11, the party is registered as the 6th political parties in the …

…𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒑𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 5% 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒌𝒆, 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒄𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 Sangay DorjiThe Pay Structure Reform bill ensued with heated deliberation in the houses of parliament and the National Council endorsed the bill on December 1. However, civil servants are not happy with discontinuation of vehicle quota.The …

… Druk Thuendrel Tshogpa to hold party convention on May 2 A new party in the political fray, Druk Thuendrel Tshogpa is as old as democracy in the country, there has been a grassroots movement, a candidate says. The party will hold a party convention on May 2 to adopt the party charter, and elect its president, vice president, and …